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DEAN (East), a parish in Eastbourne district, Sussex; on the coast, near Beachy Head, 3½ miles WSW of Eastbourne r. station. It has a post office under Eastbourne. Acres, 2, 431; of which 280 are water. Real property, £1, 731. Pop., 334. Houses, 65. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Friston, in the diocese of Chichester. Value, £276. Patrons, the Bishop, Dean, and Chapter of Chichester. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | East Dean CP/AP Eastbourne RegD/PLU Sussex AncC |
Place names: | DEAN | DEAN EAST | EAST DEAN |
Place: | East Dean |
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